Smile That Smile-The album starts off with this song written by Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, and Wyatt Duratte all who have written hit songs. With lyrics such as "When you smile that smile, it's like the sun coming up on a blue sky", Smile that Smile becomes the perfect summer love song. Not that I will personally know about what those are, but the way he sings the song with his traditional sound, it paints a fun, sweet, loving picture. I love that this was chosen as his single, it is the perfect combination between modern and traditional country.
Bottom of the Fifth-Then we go from a summer loving song to a song about Baseball and Jack D, a song written by Curtis Grimes & Craig Monday. For those that don't know, Curtis Grimes used to play Baseball, which makes sense that this song combines his love for baseball and I am assuming his love for whiskey as well. Yet still telling a story, with lyrics such as "When you put it out there and lay it all out on the line, just to lose it in the bottom of the fifth". It reminds me a bit of an older song of his, "Irresponsible". It is a great fun upbeat song you can't help but dance to.
Heaven Sent- The last song is absolutely my favorite. It was written by the man himself, Curtis Grimes. As I was writing this, I noticed that he posted a video to his Facebook where he states that this song is his most personal song yet. After listening to this song you can honestly tell. The lyrics are honest and pure.The stripped down sound makes you pay attention to the story. He describes his love and admiration for someone who you can tell he cares about. He sings "swear she is heaven sent makes me a better man here on Earth". I'll be honest, I got goosebumps listening to this.
There we go. My full review for Bottom of the Fifth Ep by Curtis Grimes. If you preordered the EP you woke up to the songs. Let me know which ones were your favorites, and why? If you did not then I suggest you go and do so now [iTunes][Amazon] then come back and let me know what you think. Also make sure to check out his Facebook, Twitter and his website for tour dates.
sounds like a great album - i was looking at that can of Dr. Pepper in one of the pictures :D
ReplyDeleteYes! It also happened to be the last one we had.
DeleteThis does sound like a great CD, will def be checking it out
ReplyDeleteYes I highly recommend it, if anything the last song is my favorite. He needs to sign more of the songs he writes.
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